Mahabharata 1.129.6 — Adi Parva, Adhyaya 129, Shloka 6

Adhyāya 129 — Public Acclaim of the Pāṇḍavas and Duryodhana’s Appeal to Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Devanagari script

क्व गतो भविता मातरनेंह पश्यामि त॑ शुभे । उद्यानानि वनं चैव विचितानि समन्ततः

Transliteration

kva gato bhavitā mātaran eha paśyāmi taṁ śubhe | udyānāni vanaṁ caiva vicitāni samantataḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Wohin könnte er gegangen sein, Mutter? O glückverheißende Frau, ich sehe ihn hier nicht. Wir haben die Gärten und auch den Wald ringsum in alle Richtungen gründlich durchsucht.“

Word by Word

• क्व: where
• क्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व

• गतः: gone
• गतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle used actively), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भविता: will be / must have become (will have gone)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Periphrastic future (लुट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मातरम्: mother
• मातरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (एनद्-प्रयोगः)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पश्यामि: I see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present (लट्), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्: there / that (place)
• तत्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शुभे: O auspicious one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• उद्यानानि: gardens
• उद्यानानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्यान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• वनम्: forest
• वनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• विचितानि: searched/examined
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + चि
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• समन्ततः: on all sides
• समन्ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• mother (mātā)
• gardens (udyāna)
• forest (vana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights human concern and responsibility within family life: when someone is missing, one must actively search and not assume safety. It underscores attentiveness, care, and the ethical impulse to protect one’s own.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker expresses alarm that a person (implicitly the one being sought) is not visible. They report that the gardens and the forest have been searched thoroughly in all directions, yet he has not been found.